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The Ravens suffered their second major injury of the season as cornerback Fabian Washington is expected to sit out the rest of the season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee.

Sure enough, Peyton Manning dropped a huge play on the Ravens on that first possession, the 66-yard strike to Pierre Garcon setting up a quick touchdown and putting the onus on Joe Flacco and the offense to answer.

JAMISON HENSLEY'S SCOUTING REPORT: Game 9 AT CLEVELAND Ravens run offense vs. Browns run defense: As a team, the Ravens have averaged 162 yards in the past three meetings with the Browns.

Tom: Were you surprised that the Cleveland Browns didn't throw the ball downfield more and challenge the Ravens' secondary? What did the Browns have to lose? Mike Preston: Anybody who has watched the Ravens play this year knows the way to beat them is to throw the ball downfield.

Ravens safety Haruki Nakamura broke his right ankle on the opening kickoff of Monday night's game at Cleveland.

Take one game against the Cleveland Browns and call me in the morning. The Browns are exactly what the Ravens need to get its playoff hopes back on track.

On if the supportive fan base in Baltimore makes him appreciate what he has compared to other coaches: "This is a great, great football city - " great sports town, too.

Call it a drought or a case of NFL scoring famine. Characterize the Baltimore Ravens' offense as notoriously slow starters, performing lately as if they're in dire need of a few strong cups of espresso during the first half of games over the past month.

For the most part, players are to blame for penalties, but when it becomes a reoccurring problem, week after week, it's time to start asking whether the coaching staff made some mistakes in training camp this year by forgetting fundamentals.

Chris Henry #15 of the Cincinnati Bengals is taken off the field with a left arm injury after being tackled by Lardarius Webb #21 of the Baltimore Ravens at Paul Brown Stadium on November 8, 2009 in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Baltimorea s secondary was back under attack Sunday and the situation seemed to worsen when starting cornerback Fabian Washington went down with an injury at the start of the second quarter.

Before they were even halfway through their schedule,the Baltimore Ravens already had experienced the highs and lows of an NFL season.

This was more like the way it was supposed to go for the Denver Broncos this season, with a first-year coach and a new quarterback and a team coming off an offseason of change and conflict.

LaMont Jordan News: Broncos inactives: RB LaMont Jordan, QB Tom Brandstater, WR Brandon Lloyd, OLB Jarvis Moss, WR Kenny McKinley, OT Brandon Gorin, DL Chris Baker, and OG Seth Olsen.

Posted by ESPN.com's James Walker BALTIMORE -- Ravens fans have been clamoring for rookie defensive back Lardarius Webb to get more playing time.

Lardarius Webb's 95-yard kickoff return for a touchdown to open the second half for Baltimore deflated the Broncos in a matter of just 14 seconds.

Ravens hand Broncos first loss Denver Broncos quarterback Kyle Orton, left, lies on the field after being sacked in the fourth quarter by Baltimore Ravens cornerback Chris Carr and defensive tackle Dwan Edwards, top, during an NFL football game, Sunday, Nov.

Ravens run offense vs. Broncos run defense: Ray Rice has been one of the NFL 's most explosive runners, breaking five runs over 20 yards.

Not that we know that Lardarius Webb is overwhelmingly better than any of the other Ravens cornerbacks, but we have witnessed how bad they can be.

As the Ravens secondary coach, Chuck Pagano doesn't need to scour the Internet, peruse the newspaper, or turn on the radio to understand the rising sentiment to get rookie cornerback Lardarius Webb more snaps on defense.